Peter Lynch Quotes

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• Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.

  Peter Lynch

  Running, Business, Intelligent

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• There's no use diversifying into unknown companies just for the sake of diversity. A foolish diversity is the hobgoblin of small investors. That said, it isn't safe to own just one stock, because in spite of your best efforts, the one you choose might be the victim of unforeseen circumstances. In small portfolios, I'd be comfortable owning between three and ten stocks.

  Peter Lynch

  Best Effort, Diversity, Three

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• You should not buy a stock because it's cheap but because you know a lot about it.

  Peter Lynch

  Should, Knows

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

  Peter Lynch

  Loss, Understanding, Balance

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.

  Peter Lynch

  Trying, Lost, More Money

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• The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

  Peter Lynch

  Money, Fear, Real

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade.

  Peter Lynch

  Math, Needs, Investing

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ability to ignore the worries of the world long enough to allow your investments to succeed.

  Peter Lynch

  Long, Worry, World

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on what's actually happening to the companies in which you've invested

  Peter Lynch

  Economy, Interest, Rate

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.

  Peter Lynch

  Pain, Mistake, Humility

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it.

  Peter Lynch

  Running, Intelligent, Long

  Peter Lynch, John Rothchild (2012). “Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Know what you own, and know why you own it.

  Peter Lynch

  Money, Intelligent, Investing

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• Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.

  Peter Lynch

  Long, Investing, Safe

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• If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.

  Peter Lynch

  Thinking, Investing, Attractive

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• Often, there is no correlation between the success of a company's operations and the success of its stock over a few months or even a few years. In the long term, there is a 100 percent correlation between the success of the company and the success of its stock. This disparity is the key to making money; it pays to be patient, and to own successful companies.

  Peter Lynch

  Successful, Keys, Years

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

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• If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you've wasted 10 minutes

  Peter Lynch

  Risk, Analyzing, Management

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• Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing, Finance, Refrigerators

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• The simpler it is, the better I like it.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing

  Peter Lynch, John Rothchild (2000). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

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• Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing Money, Brain, Making Money

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• The stock market really isn't a gamble, as long as you pick good companies that you think will do well, and not just because of the stock price.

  Peter Lynch

  Thinking, Long, Good Company

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.

  Peter Lynch

  Intelligent, Investing, Company

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

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• Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon

  Peter Lynch

  Ideas, Investing, Saving

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who've been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage.

  Peter Lynch

  Art, People, Investing

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.

  Peter Lynch

  Your Side, Investing, Sides

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• When management owns stock, then rewarding the shareholders becomes a first priority, whereas when management simply collects a paycheck, then increasing salaries becomes a first priority.

  Peter Lynch

  Priorities, Salary, Firsts

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

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